This article, while correctly pointing out some issues, has SOOOOOOO many errors and inaccuracies, that the author (and/or editors and tech reviewers?) should be very ashamed.
Just a few:
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We are glad to report that IMS shaft failures have been greatly reduced on the current engines, although they still occasionally occur.
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IMS errors still occasionally occur in the current engines? Was this article written in 2008?
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BRS makes this deep sump oil pan with nicely executed baffles to help deal with the oil starvation issues.
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Accompanying picture is the FVD pan which has many differences.
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We guess that you could also bite the bullet and install a Dailey Engineering dry-sump system to really fix the problem!
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This one sounds interesting
I emailed Bill at Daily Engineering and he said:
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From: Bill Dailey
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 12:58 PM
To: 'Steve Danielson'
Subject: RE: Dry sump options for Porsche M96 engine
Sorry I have nothing for it.
Bill
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So, to make your 911, Boxter or Cayman reliable with an M96...
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Boxter used throughout the article...